Louise Pichette Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Represent MaRS Health in local and international ecosystem; deliver annual MaRS Impact Health conference with 800+ attendees, profiling 100+ startups and budget of >$500k
• Manage global health investor network; grew membership >3x and facilitated 200+ capital connections for startups

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Lead for a multi-year, national innovation challenge program; successfully negotiated 2-year contract renewal with corporate sponsor (value >$800k)
• Direct supervisor responsible for performance evaluation and team member growth & development

• Account and project manager for multiple partnerships (contract value >$1M); responsible for project oversight and managed the work of project staff including senior associates and managers
• 2020 MaRS Intern Program Manager, designing and delivering hiring manager training, intern orientation, programming, and support to 10 summer interns. 100% favourable rating received from interns on the quality of.

• Delivered the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge in the US & Canada; recruited 22 outreach partners across Canada and the United States and increased the number of Canadian applications 20x
• Led design and implementation of MaRS Innovation Challenges website (revenue +$2M)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed and implemented community engagement strategy for MaRS’ flagship course, Entrepreneurship 101; increased course completion rate 1.5x
• Trained other business units on best practices and use of software programs powering the digital community

Toronto, ON

• Provided educational information and led student groups of 30-100 through destinations including Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara Falls, Algonquin Park and New York City
• Worked with sales team to ensure that tours ran smoothly and exceeded customer expectations

San Remo, Italy

• Collaborated closely with leadership team to deliver 1-week orientations for over 100 new ESL tutors, aged 18-35+
• Responsible for modelling teaching methods, providing feedback, evaluations and mentorship
• Collaborated successfully with 15 different teams of tutors and Italian staff in 10 unique cities

Turin, Italy

• Created lesson plans in subjects including English, French, and Science and instructed 500 Italian high school students independently in a classroom setting
• Emphasized student participation and improvement by designing interactive presentations and resources
• Developed and delivered a 6-hour English conversation class for a group of 10 Italian teachers

Sundridge, ON

• Created and executed all-camp programs for 500 full-time campers in a residential outdoor setting
• Led 100 staff members, developed and delivered a highly successful 2-week staff training program
• Prepared extensive reports detailing training, programming, scheduling, staff evaluations, and future recommendations.

Master Of Management Of Innovation

Valedictorian, GPA 4.0/4.0 MMI Student Leadership Award

Bachelor Of Science, Honours, Life Sciences (Psychology Minor)

Activities and Societies: Queen's Model Parliament, ASUS After School Buddies, Soul Food, Brain Day